Calling

Definitions

1. A strong urge (to do some particular thing with or in one's life, for example to become religious, to help the poor, or to be an entertainer).
2. Call.
3. A job or occupation.

Equivalents

Examples

“Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take⟳ over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster.”

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